 SPAC
Working Group news archive
Mar.
2005: Sign Off needed on MOU
The Memorandum
of Understanding that formalizes
the relationship between the Working Group and the ANPED Secretariat needs
a formal sign-off by the Working Group members. The WG Coordinator has requested
Members who approve the MOU, or who have comments/ concerns about the same
to write into the SPAC listserver or to email
her.
Mar.
2005: Workshop on MEAs & Private Investment
ANPED has received an invitation
to a workshop titled "Multilateral Environmental Agreements
and Private Investment: Promoting business contributions to addressing
global environmental problems". The workshop will be organized
by the Finnish Environmental Institute on June 16-17 2005.
Working group members who are interested in attending the workshop, or providing
input to the same should contact Sylvia
Lorek.
Mar.
2005: European Consumer Day: European Economic and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee is kind of a fourth pillar of the
European Union (beside Commission, Parliament and Council). Representatives
from all stakeholder groups are delegated into the Committee on a regional
balance. www.esc.eu.int
The ESC celebrates the European Consumer Day every year at the 15th of March.
This year it was devoted to the topic of sustainable consumption. ANPED was
invited to give a speech. The conference dealt with the question if and how
sustainable consumption is compatible with economic growth, talked about sustainable
products and services and the role of retail sector and asked if sustainable
consumption is a real choice for consumers.
Mar.
2005: Workshop on MEAs & Private Investment
ANPED has received an invitation
to a workshop titled "Multilateral Environmental Agreements
and Private Investment: Promoting business contributions to addressing
global environmental problems". The workshop will be organized
by the Finnish Environmental Institute on June 16-17 2005.
Working group members who are interested in attending the workshop, or providing
input to the same should contact Sylvia
Lorek.
Mar.
2005: ManVis Project: Demand Perspective workshop
The Manufacturing Vision Project
deals with foresights and scenarios of future (European) manufacturing
industry. To back the mostly industrial and financial approaches
of participating industry and research representatives a workshop
was held inviting representatives from the demand side. Delegates
came from consumer and environmental organizations, youth and students
groups, disabled associations and trade unions. They presented
and discussed their expectations for future production and products.
The results made will feed into the project that finally shall
influence the design of the next research program of the European
Union.
Mar.
2005: Synergizing sustainable consumption and competitiveness
The meeting brought together
about 20 participants form Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations
as well as business. In an open manner it was discussed (1) what
is needed to achieve sustainable consumption (technological improvements,
efficiency but also more fundamental societal changes) (2) which
benefits sustainability strategies can bring for enhanced competitiveness
and more practical (3) what to do to integrate sustainable consumption
and its underlying elements into ongoing EU policies.
Feb.
2005: SPAC WG website launched
The webpage
of the ANPED SPAC Working Group has been launched here.
.
Jan.
2005: Exploring necessities and opportunities for a CEE-specific
network on sustainable consumption issues
The Association
of Conscious Consumers, Hungary, hosted a two days consultation
to explore whether and how Central and Eastern European NGO's working
on sustainable consumption issues could do this in a better and
more coordinated way. A short report is available here
.
Jan.
2005: New policy papers and country reports available
Members
of the SPAC WG have drafted a variety of policy papers and country
reports focused on sustainable production and consumption. These
are available on the Resources Page .
Dec.
2004: European SCP Meeting: Report and Documents
The
report of the European Stakeholder meeting on sustainable consumption
and production is available here
. Other information about the meeting, including background
documents is available here
.
Dec.
2004: Country reports on SPAC
The SPAC
WG coordinator has called on members to prepare country reports
on sustainable production and consumption. Reports that are submitted
by the end of the year will receive 100 € as compensation.
Read outline for country
report
Nov.
2004: WG members attend European stakeholder meeting on SCP
Members
of the ANPED SPAC Working Group attended the European Stakeholder
Meeting on Sustainable Consumption and Production and participated
in the working groups.
Nov.
2004:Civil Society Statement for Ostend
ANPED, Eco-Forum
and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) prepared a joint civil
society statement at the European Stakeholder Meeting on Sustainable
Consumption and Production in Ostend. The statement calls for a
regional strategy on sustainable consumption that
identifies
the gaps in existing policies, and elaborates policies for all sectors,
while taking into account the external dimensions of these policies.
Read the statement
here.
Nov. 2004:
WG members attend SCP meeting in Amsterdam
WG members met in Amsterdam between Nov. 10 - 12th to discuss
the creation of a toolkit for the project "Global Society and
the Economic System - Strengthening civil society and the accountability
of international systems". This project will be run jointly
with Consumers International.
Oct.
2004: Sylvia Lorek elected new WG chair
Sylvia Lorek
(Sustainable Europe Research Institute) was elected the chair of
the ANPED SPAC Working Group replacing Jeffrey Barber (Integrative
Strategies Forum) who chaired the Working Group until 2004.
Oct.
2004: WG meets and delibrates at Zagreb
Members of
the SPAC WG met and deliberated during the occasion of ANPED's Annual
general Meeting (AGM) that took place in Zagreb, Croatia on 23 and
24 October 2004. The details
of the WG discussions are reported by Emmanuel Prinet (Association
4D).
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